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2 Chronicles 16:6

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Then Asa the king took all Judah; and they carried away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha was building; and he built therewith Geba and Mizpah.
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  1. 1 Chronicles 6:60Rank 1 from verse 6
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    60And out of the tribe of Benjamin; Geba with her suburbs, and Alemeth with her suburbs, and Anathoth with her suburbs. All their cities throughout their families were thirteen cities.

  2. 1 Kings 15:22Rank 2 from verse 6
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    22Then king Asa made a proclamation throughout all Judah; none was exempted: and they took away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha had builded; and king Asa built with them Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah.

  3. 1 Samuel 10:17Rank 3 from verse 6
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    17¶ And Samuel called the people together unto the Lord to Mizpeh;

  4. 1 Samuel 7:6Rank 4 from verse 6
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    6And they gathered together to Mizpeh, and drew water, and poured it out before the Lord, and fasted on that day, and said there, We have sinned against the Lord. And Samuel judged the children of Israel in Mizpeh.

  5. 2 Chronicles 21:17Rank 5 from verse 6
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    17And they came up into Judah, and brake into it, and carried away all the substance that was found in the king’s house, and his sons also, and his wives; so that there was never a son left him, save Jehoahaz, the youngest of his sons.

  6. Isaiah 10:29Rank 6 from verse 6
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    29They are gone over the passage: they have taken up their lodging at Geba; Ramah is afraid; Gibeah of Saul is fled.

  7. Joshua 15:38Rank 7 from verse 6
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    38And Dilean, and Mizpeh, and Joktheel,

  8. Joshua 18:24–26Rank 8 from verse 6
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    24And Chephar-haammonai, and Ophni, and Gaba; twelve cities with their villages:

    25Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth,

    26And Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah,

  9. Zechariah 14:10Rank 9 from verse 6
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    10All the land shall be turned as a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem: and it shall be lifted up, and inhabited in her place, from Benjamin’s gate unto the place of the first gate, unto the corner gate, and from the tower of Hananeel unto the king’s winepresses.

  10. 1 Samuel 7:16Rank 10 from verse 6
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    16And he went from year to year in circuit to Beth-el, and Gilgal, and Mizpeh, and judged Israel in all those places.

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2 Chronicles 16:6

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king

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A sovereign ruler; one exercising royal authority over a kingdom.

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carried

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Past-tense or past-participial form of carry (to bear, convey, support, or take from one place to another).

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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building

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Sense 1: A structure made for habitation or use. Sense 2: The act of constructing.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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16:1IN the six and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa Baasha king of Israel came up against Judah, and built Ramah, to the intent that he might let none go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.

16:2Then Asa brought out silver and gold out of the treasures of the house of the Lord and of the king’s house, and sent to Ben-hadad king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying,

16:3There is a league between me and thee, as there was between my father and thy father: behold, I have sent thee silver and gold; go, break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me.

16:4And Ben-hadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel; and they smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abel-maim, and all the store cities of Naphtali.

16:5And it came to pass, when Baasha heard it, that he left off building of Ramah, and let his work cease.

16:6Then Asa the king took all Judah; and they carried away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha was building; and he built therewith Geba and Mizpah.

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